Hello 3rd grade families!
Announcements
- We are Celebrating Freedom this week at GHNO! We will be writing the preamble and discussing our history of Freedom.
- There was a change and the poem was given an extra week. The Crocodile by Lewis Carol will be due this Friday 9/22.
- Make sure your scholar arrives on time in order to get all their supplies ready and peacefully begin the day!
Here is what we will be up to in our subjects this week:
Math: Quiz on Friday
We are learning adding and subtracting numbers within 1,000 and 10,000. We are building a firm foundation of rounding and adding & subtracting numbers when changing the place value. We are using number lines to help see how we are adding the 100s, 10s, and 1s.
Math homework: From the blue Math book along with Rocket Math (RM). It should be two minutes around saying the facts out loud, then 1 minute timed test, just like we do in class. There will also be some days we have worksheets to complete for homework.
Science:
In science we are learning about life cycles! We read together in our Core Knowledge science books and are working on answering the chapter's "big question" in complete sentences. This is a way that we practice our writing skills and the skill of being attentive readers.
History: World River Assessment Wednesday
We are reading about Rivers and learning their dangers and advantages. Like in science, we read aloud from our textbook, study the vocabulary words, complete pre-writing exercises, and answer the "big question" of the lesson in writing to summarize our learning.
One of the key things third graders learn this year is STUDY SKILLS! This is to help guide them in building studying habits and how to prepare for a test well! Have a trivia party to prepare them for the test on Wednesday!
Grammar: Home Connection Tuesday
In grammar, we are learning about parts of speech, focusing on nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. We are focusing on the difference between adjectives and adverbs. Being able to distinguish between adjectives and adverbs is an important skill that we develop in third grade! We are also being introduced to sentence diagraming.
For grammar homework, we will start home connection worksheets this week. On our grammar home connection assignments, students will use their notes from grammar to discuss with their parents what they are learning. Parents will fill out a short record of the conversation. You can expect to receive a version of this homework assignment once per week--occasionally it will be replaced by a worksheet or study guide for your student to complete.
Writing:
In writing, we are working on writing in complete sentences. We are learning a basic format for writing a summary, in which we summarize the beginning, middle, and end of stories, such as excerpts from Aesop's Fables, in 3-4 complete sentences.
Literature: Elements of Story Quiz on Friday
In Literature, we are reading Little House on the Prairie. We are learning 1-2 literary devices each week and working on identifying and annotating these in the chapters that we read! By the end of next week, we will have considered alliteration, personification, simile, metaphor and imagery. We are working on writing summaries of our chapters and on differentiating between a summary (involves a beginning, middle, and end) and a main idea (a single sentence that expresses the most important event or central thought of a story).
Spalding: Test Friday over 30 new words!
We have completed our Spalding review, and are beginning our regularly Spalding routine of learning 30 words per week. We will learn 10 words on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. On Thursday, we review all 30 words. On Friday, we have a test of 30 words and 10 phonograms. We review phonograms daily through oral review (flashcards and group response) and written review (students write the phonogram the teacher reads and check their work afterwards).
Homework: Write the words 2x (once with rules and markings then once normal writing) Thursday just 1x like it will be on the test
Reading/Keyboarding:
During reading class, students read independently or in small groups with the teachers, or we read together a chapter of our Language Arts books. These stories help us to study vocabulary and learn new strategies for interacting with texts as we read. We complete worksheets on key language arts skills and use the chapters we read to help us answer the questions. We are currently reading stories about Sir Gus.
For reading homework, students should read aloud to a parent or adult for 20 minutes, and the student should write a one sentence summary of what they learned or what happened in the material they read.
Students also can work on their typing at home. They have their login information in their agenda so they can practice at home!
Thank you for reading!
With wonder for our world and love for your students,
The Third-Grade team